Black Mass Quotes

“There was some admiration for the way he handled himself. At least back then, there was a sense he would be loyal to his friends. That was the culture of the time. It was incredibly tribal, and the gang affiliation meant so much to poor city kids.”
― Dick Lehr & Gerard O'Neill, Black Mass: Whitey Bulger, the FBI and a Devil's Deal

“The newly arrived Irish Catholics took immediately to Southie's grievance list with outside force. Indeed, it became holy writ as the community coalesced around church and family, forming a solid phalanx against those who did not understand their ways. Over the decades since then, nothing had galvanized Southies more than a perceived slight by an outsider who would change The Way Things Are.”
― Dick Lehr & Gerard O'Neill, Black Mass: Whitey Bulger, the FBI and a Devil's Deal

“press, and Connolly had a plan, a work-in-progress”
― Dick Lehr, Black Mass: Whitey Bulger, the FBI, and a Devil's Deal

“rebut Sarhatt’s”
― Dick Lehr, Black Mass: Whitey Bulger, the FBI, and a Devil's Deal

“He was the antithesis of the gaudy mafiosi”
― Dick Lehr, Black Mass: Whitey Bulger, the FBI and a Devil's Deal

“Deal me in. If they want to play checkers, we’ll play chess. Fuck them.”
― Dick Lehr, Black Mass: Whitey Bulger, the FBI, and a Devil's Deal